{"product_id":"jazz-age-barcelona-robert-a-davidson-9781442610439","title":"Jazz Age Barcelona","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's renowned centres of culture, Barcelona is also one of the capitals of modernist art given its associations with the talents of Dali, Picasso, and Gaudi. \u003cem\u003eJazz Age Barcelona\u003c\/em\u003e focuses the lenses of cultural studies and urban studies on the avant-garde character of the city during the cosmopolitan Jazz Age, delving into the cultural forces that flourished in Europe between the late 1910s and early 1930s. Studying literary journalism, photography, and the city of Barcelona itself, Robert Davidson argues that the explosion of jazz culture and the avant-garde was predominantly fostered by journalists and their positive reception of innovative new art forms and radical politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing periodicals and recently rediscovered archival material, Davidson considers the relationship between the political pressures of a brutal class war, the grasp of a repressive dictatorship, and the engagement of the city's young intellectuals with Barcelona's culture and environment. Also analysing the 1929 International Exhibition and the down-and-out Raval District - which housed many of the Age's clubs and bars - \u003cem\u003eJazz Age Barcelona\u003c\/em\u003e is an insightful portrait of one of the twentieth century's most culturally rich times and places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert A. Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442610433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442610439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 50","brand":"Robert A. Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439169483007,"sku":"9781442610439","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fadc9452-6a68-4942-91f4-089124a7b1c6.jpg?v=1777175903","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jazz-age-barcelona-robert-a-davidson-9781442610439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}